July 4th
As we were getting settled in our tent on the last night, Nate turned to me and said, “Grandpa sure kicked our butt today, didn’t he?”. I laughed and responded, “Indeed he did, indeed he did.” It’s humbling but oh so cool to have your butt kicked by your 63 year old dad or grandpa especially when:
He has hiked over 1000 miles in 3 months!
He loves the adventure of the AT and interacting with everyone he meets along the trail.
He says things like “I don’t have far to hike today, ONLY 15 miles”.
He eats 3 peanut butter and fluff sandwiches as a mid-morning snack every day.
He has morphed into a lean mean hiking machine.
Many thanks for letting me share our brief adventure on the AT with you. It was so much fun reading your comments. Now Nate and I are going to go sit on the couch and avoid walking anywhere while we await Castaway’s next blog post. 🙂
Karen Meehan
Yay! You made it!! Sounds like the kind of week that precious memories are made of. You’ll treasure those days for the rest of your lives.
You guys did great and we all really enjoyed reading your posts. It made it almost as if we were there with you, but with no blisters. Thanks for sharing.